Fence-post.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1908. c. A. MENDENHALL. FENCE POST. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1907.

. 5441)@14 l'o zo @LA .Mpfeafwzjuzl CHARLES A. INIENDENHALIJ, OF FARMLAND,

INDIANA, AssIGNoR or one-HALF 'ro E. J.

MENDENHALIJ, OF FARMLAND, INDIANA.

FENeE-Pos'r;

Application filed August 30, 1907. Serial No. 390,693.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be itknown'that I, CHARLES A. MENDEN- HALL, a citizen of the United States,rresidin r at Farmland, in the county of Randolph and State-of Indiana, have invented certai'n new .and 'useful Improvements .in Fence-Posts;

and I .dodeclare the following'to be a full, clear, and-exact descriptionof the invention,

' sneh aswill enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the This invention relates to improvements in j The object of the invention is to provide a reinforce concrete simple of-construction, durable in use and comparatively inexpensive of'production and which will be strengthened throughout its entire' length and at the ground line addition'- ally strengthened to withstand strain in all directions. y A

With these Iobjects in view, the invention consistsof certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a fence post constructed in accordance with the invention, and` showing the manner in vwhich thewires" of a fence are secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the fence post alone Fig. 3 is a ver` tical sectional view of the'post; Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and Figl 5 is a similar view-on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the draw- I ings, 1 denotes the post, which may beof any suitable shape and length, thesanie being here shown and is preferably of rectangular form in cross section, and also preferably tapers from its lower toward its u per end. In

the post is arranged a series of ongitudinally disposed re-inforcing rods,or wires, 2, there being threeof said wires shown in the present instance, one of the saine being arranged in the center of the post, while'the other.`two are arranged on each side of the central wire, adjacent to the frontl and rearysides of the post. In addition to the longitudinally disposed rodsor wires which extend throughout the entire 'length of the post, I provide a plu-- rality of'short wiresiorrods, 3, which. are em-l bedded inthe materialof which the post is Specification of Letters Patent.

- projecting bolts, 4, of which 'there are preferfence post which shall be --2,- I'Aconcrete post having` a seriesvof Patentes may 26, 190s.

formed, at a point on a level with the ground line, thereby providing for an increased re inforcement of the post at this point, where the same is more apt to become `broken off, and where the most strain is applied tothe post.

In connection with the post I provide a suitable fence-securing device, which consists of a series of horizontally disposedv laterally ably three, one of which is arranged at ythe center of that` portion of the post which prof jects above the-ground,'while the other twol l are arranged atl suitable distancestherefrom v .adjacent to the upper end of the post and to the ground line. on their inner ends eyes, 5, throughwhich the central re-inforcing rod, 2,

ends of the bolt. The outer ends of the bolts 4 project laterally a suitable distance from the front. side thereof, and are adapted to enter and pass through holes, 6, formed'in a fence-clamping bar, 7, which is arranged onv and supported by the bolts adjacent to the 'front side of the post, and between which and ent side of the post, are disposed the rails or ine wires vof thefence, said rails or wires being firmly clanfped into engagement with the bolts by said bar by means of clamp- 1n@r jeg Ing threaded ends of the bolts, 4.

By Aproviding the clamping bar, 7, ranging the same as herein shown and described, any formof fence may be securely -fastened to the post without the use of nails,l

staples, orother fastening devices.

The arrangement of the wood clamping bar 7 on theoutside of the-post obviates the necessity of forming a recess in the latter,

the swelling or expanding of the strip would burst or break 'the post if set intoy a recess therein' Having thus fully described our invention, 100 what we claim 'as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isf

1. A concrete post havinga-series of wires embedded therein and arranged in arow cenextendingffrom end to 105l trally of the post and end thereof, and series of shorter wires embedded in said post and arranged in rows on opposlte sides of the central row and extends".V ing`above and below the ground line.-

j is adapted t0 pass, thereby securely fastening the inner 475- and ar- A 4 l'zo The bolts, 4, have formed nuts, S, which are screwed onto the proj v which would tend to weaken the same, and

embedded therein and arranged in a. row centrally of the post and extending from end to end thereof, series of shorter'wres embedded in said post and arranged in rows on o poste 5 sides of the central row und extending above mld below the ground line, and fence securing means carried by said post.

nesses.

CHARLES A'. MENDENHALL.

. Witnesses:

ORA N. MCCORMICK, WILLrAM A. WOOD. 

